Shade and curtain supporting bracket.



No. 785.164. PATBNTBD MAR. 21, 1905.

Wi P. GURR.

SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORTING BRACKET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAY 13, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

vWILLIAM P. GURR, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO ROSEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A COR- PORATION OFMINNESOTA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORTING BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 785,164, dated March21, 1905.

Application tiled May 13,1904.. Serial llo. 207,729. l

To /LZZ whom. it Hefty concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. GURR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shadeand Curtain Supporting Brackets; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My present invention relates to brackets for supporting window shadesand curtains, and has for its object to provide a simple and efiicientdevice of this character which may be frictionally clamped to the windowcasing or frame without the use of screws or other means which willdeface the casing or frame to which it is applied.

Ihe invention further has for its object to provide such a bracket orsupport which is capable of great range of adjustment to windows ofvarious widths and which may be quickly applied in working position andremoved therefrom.

To the above ends the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a view iny elevation looking at the inner side of a windowhaving a pair of my improved brackets applied thereto, some parts of thesaid window being broken away. Fig. 2 is a detail in plan showing oneside of the window-casing and showing one of the improved bracketsapplied thereto- Fig. 3 is a detail in section through one of thebrackets on the line 33 of Fig. l. Fig. 4: is a similar section on theline fr* fc4 of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are views in side elevationshowing a portion of the window-casing with the improved bracket appliedthereto and. looking at the same respectively from the left toward theright and from the right toward the left. Fig. 7 is a View correspondingto Fig. l, but

and the numeral 2 the inclosed sash.y portions of which are broken away.

Referring first to the preferred construction illustrated in Figs. I to6, inclusive, the numeral 3 indicates a single piece of springwire,which is bent to form parallel guide rods or bars 4, endclamping-sections 5 and 6, and coiled spring-sections 7, whichspringsections 7 connect the ends of the section 6 to the inner ends ofthe said parallel rods 4. The clamping-sections 5 and 6, it will benoted by reference particularly to Fig. 2, are oiiset laterally from the,parallel bars 4, so that they are adapted to engage the edges of theside casings, as best shown in said Fig. 2 and in Figs. 5 and 6. One endof the wire 3, which is also one extremity of one rod 4., is turned toform an eye 8, and one end of the clamping-section 5 is-passed throughthis eye, and that extremity of the wire 3 is extended upward and bentto form a depressed seat 9 A and a vertical linger 10, as bestshown inFigs. 5 and 6. Mounted to slide on each pair of guide-rods t is aroller-supporting lug Il,

which has upper and lower grooved flanges l2,that engage frictionallywith the upper and lower rod 4. One of these lugs 1l is provided with around perforation 13, as shown in Fig. 4, which is adapted to receivethe round trunnion of a shade-roller, and the other lug 11 is providedwith an elongated perforation 14, which is adapted to receive aiiattened trunnion of the saidv roller.

The supporting brackets described are adapted to be sprung onto theedges of the side or Vertical casings, as shown in the drawings, andwhen thus applied the tension of the spring-section 7 will hold them inworking position and against displacement by any forces which will beapplied to them while in service. In other words, the said brackets willbe clamped in working position with such firmness that they will not beaccidentally unseated, but may nevertheless be removed when desired byan endwise and lateral forcesufiicient to overcome the clamping force ofthe spring-sections 7. An unlimited range of adjustment is afforded bythe fact that the two brackets are independently applicable to thecasings, and a limited adjustment is also afforded by the adjustments ofthe roller-supporting lugs 11`on the rods 4. This latter adjustment isvery important in order to adjust the supports exactly to diferentlengths of rollers, which have such lengths that they may be used on awindow of a certain width.

The extensions 9 and 1() are adapted to support a curtain-rod. When anadjustable curtain-rod havingperforations in its ends is employed, thelinger extensions 10 will be inserted through the perforated endsthereof. Vhen a curtain -rod of other form is employed, it may be restedin the seats 9.

The supporting-bracket described, as is obvious, is capable of anydesired vertical adjustments on the casing.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 a device is shown whichis adapted to be sprung onto the edges of the top casing of the windowand in which the parallel guide rods or sections for both sides of thewindow are integrally formed from the same piece of wire. In thisconstruction the wire is bent to form alined pairs of parallelguide-rods 15, laterally offset intermediate clamping-sections 16, andlooped ends 17. The laterally-offset intermediate clamping-sections 16are adapted to engage the upper and lower edges of the horizontal topeasing, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The guide rods 15 themselves affordsprings to clamp the sections 16 onto the casing, and the looped ends 17cooperate with the said rods 15 to secure the said result. In thisconstruction, as in that previously described, the roller-supportinglugs 11 are employed, and their grooved flanges 12 frictionally engageguide-rods 15. In this construction the seats 9 and lingers 10 areformed on separate wire sections 18, the lower ends of which, as

shown, are flattened and forced through the coils of the looped ends 17,so that they are rigidly held thereby.

The modifications disclosed in Figs. 7 and 8, while within the scope ofvmy invention as herein disclosed and claimed, are not the fullequivalent of the preferred form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive.It will therefore be understood that the device is capable of othermodifications than those herein illustrated within the scope of myinvention as herein set forth and claimed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A support for shades, curtains, &c. comprising a spring-wire bent toform parallel guide-rods and clamping-sections, and a rollersupportinglug slidably mounted on said guiderods and frictionally clamped thereby,substantially as described.

2. Asupport for shades, curtains, &c., comprisngaspring-wire bent toform parallel rods 4, the clamping-sections 5 and 6,and thespringsection 7, substantially as described.

3. In a support for shades, curtains, &c., the combination with a pieceof spring-wire, bent to form the parallel guide-rods 4, laterally offsetclamping-sections 5 and 6, and the spring-section 7, of aroller-supporting lug 11, having grooved flanges 12 frictionallyengaging with said guide-rods 4, substantially as described.

4. In a support for shades, curtains, &c., the combination with a singlepiece of springwire, bent to form the parallel'guide-rods 4, laterallyoffset clamping sections 5 and 6, spring-sections 7, andcurtain-rod-supporting extension, of a roller-supporting lug 11, havinggrooved flanges 12 frictionally engaging with said guide-rods 4,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. GURR.

Witnesses:

R. C. MABEY, F. D. MERCHANT.

